Lock-faucet.



H. c'. SHOEMAKER.

LOCK FAUCET.

APPLlcATmN FILED MAR.18..1915.

Patented Dec'. 26, 1916.

. to provide an `Improved faucet l pointed out in the claim.

ings,

i ment 4, for receiving a suitable tool BERING, QUINLAN C0., OF DECATUR,

HARRY o. SHOEMAKEN, or FNEEPORT, ILLINOIS,

ILLINOIS,

AssIGNoR To THE CHAMBERS., A CORPORATION or ILLINoIs. a

LOCK-FAUCET.

A Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Application filed March 18, 1915. Serial No. 15,370.

Freeport, in the count State of Illinois, have .invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock-Faucets; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to-which it appertains to make anduse the same. l

The present invention ,relates to improvements in lock faucets, and has for an object and associated device for locking thevalve ofthe faucet so as to prevent unauthorized persons from tampering with the same.

Another object of the present invention resides in provi ing an improved lock faucet wherein the locking device will constitute a key for operating the valve when the same is released.

lt is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved lock faucet the parts whereof will be simple, economical of manufacture, and readily operable. Y

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which similar reference symbols indicate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a faucet constructed in accordance with the present invention and illustrated in looked position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same illustrating the looking employed asa key; and Fig. 3 tive view of the locking device. j.

e erring more particularly to the drawwherein one tion is illustrated, 1

is a perspecembodiment of the invenend 3, the casing 1 is formed with the hexagonal or other enlarge whereby the faucet may be readily connected and disen aged.

ntermediate the threaded end 3 andv delivery'spout 2, the casing 1 of the faucet is device in dotted v'lines phragm 5,

pipe. Adja- ^cast or secured to advantageously formed substantially globular and provided with an internal diaafl'ording a valve seat, as will be understood from-an inspection of Fig. 2.

Cooperating with the valve seat in the diaphragm 5 is any conventional or approved valve 6, preferably the plug valve illustrated to advantage in Fig. 2, the same being threaded through an opening in the top of the faucet casing 1 and provided with a recess 8 of square or other suitable configuration. The recess 8 in the valve 6 is arranged to receive a correspondingly shaped lug 9, the head 10 of a key or more particularly illustrated provided with an angularly projecting stem ll, and a handle' 12 projecting from the head 10 substantially opposite the stem 11 and slotted as indicated at 18.

The stem or projection 11 on the key is arranged to occupy a socket 14C formed in the casing 1 of the faucet to one side of the valve 6,' while the slot 13 in the handle 12 is arto be received over a locking device, in Fig. 3 to be a padlock, or other suitable device, as indicated at 16 in Fig 1 the' handle 12 to disengage the lug 15 and withdrawing the stem 11 from engagement with the socket 14. The key is thereupon reversed, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the lug 9 inserted inthe recess 8 of the valve. By operation of the key in this position, the valve 6 may be rotated to open, close, or set the same, and the valve secured in position by inverting 'the key and positioning and locking the same, as shown in Fig. 1.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art `may-vary the-details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore l do not wish to be limited to Such features except as may be required by the claim.

I claim:

'A lock faucet comprising a casing, a valve fr it 1,209,768

located in said casing and having aI recess exposed therethrough, a socket on said casing to one side of said valve, an ear on said casing arranged at the opposite side of said valve and adapted to receive a lock, a key detachable from said faucet casmg and comy prsing a head for covering the socket in said valve, a .projection for occupying said socket, a siotted handle arranged to engage said ear, 

